Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17
DAKOTA NEWS ITEMS.


Secretary Lamar declares that ne
cannot prevent the Dakota commis-
s;anar 81 immigration from removing
his Office to Pierre.
John Collins, q contractor on the
Duluth railroad, died ut Yankton o.
a~noplexy. The remains were sent TO
his former home at Sauk center
Mimi.
The farm house of Emery Bros, Of
pabsade. neal Sioux Falls, occu-
MED by Duluth railroad graders. was
burned. Loss on house, $500; loss
TO graders on household goods anu
supplies, $1,000.
Dakota patents issued: o. Kirlln'
Webster, automatic brake for wagon
r. NJ. p. Lomen, Mayville, DRAFT
soualizer: NJ. b. Runyan, Fort Buford,
whifietree coupling; J. ii. Stuii' oSo'
boi, railway tie.
The state veterinarian oil DAKOTA
has informed the Illinois live stock
commissioners that the authorities OF
DAKOTA have decided to withdraw
their quarantine against the shipment
~ catfle from the Chicago stock yards,
and that the official proclamation
will be made in @ few days.
]. ". Raymond Of Bismarck, ter
ritorial treasurer, has appointed Il.
lC. Eddy of Fargo deputy TREASURER.
lIt IL understood that this IS especiai-
Inv in reference to the ARE OF the prop
erty recently distrained OF the North.
ern Pacific railroad.
At Blunt, w. A. Carver. John jana
and r. Dehart were arrested for tax.
ing wood from the reservation. Seven
have been arrested in the past Ten
days on that charge.
At Yankton, the officers at the asy-
INN have refused to recognize Mr..
Gale and his new board of trustees.
1t il stated that they. VIII return
with Attorney General iempieton
and Public Examiner Harris, VINO
will take charge of the books, records
and property at the asylum, y tnat
the governor will be sustained even II
The militia has to be called out. The
old board have the records and say
they will hold onto them.
AT Aberdeen, Railway Gommissiea-
err Boynton was asked whath he thought
OF the prospects OF admission, this
winter. he said: L think that the
house will pass an enabling act at ITS
next session, but what the senate will
do is uncertain. Riddlebereer, the
Virginia senator, holds the balance oil
mower and he is yet aspolitical planet
whose orbit cannot be definitely COM
nuted. | feel confident that some
measures will be inaugurated looking
Ito the admission OF the territory.
SPHINX County Institute, conducted
by Gen. Beadle, has closed aftert a
very successful weeks work. The
features OF greatest interest were the
lectures by President Beaton, OF Red
field College, and Gen. Beadle.
At Huron, Col. Elson sold his inter.
est in the Free Trade Democrat tc
J.. b. Cogar, the former editor oil tht
Wolsey Journal. The paper will con
tinue Democratic.
The main machinery hall and thu
grand stand at the Fargo Playground.
were burned down. The origin Of th,
fire is unknown. The loss run up in
to the thousands of dollars pretty
well. as it included tfirty-seven thresh
inc machines stored in the building
which machines belonged to the Amel
Manufacturing Company OF Oswego
New York.
A fierce prairie fire, originating il
the hills northwest of Windsor. burned
over a region OF twenty-five or thirt!
miles to within a few miles OF James
town. Several farm shacks ant
hundreds of tons OF hay were de
stroyed.
miles west of Eldridge, asinth barr
trying to save the stock when tn
building became wrapt in flames
burning him to such an extent tina
he died.
At Big Stone City, Ruel Russell, eigh
years old, told Jessie Hallock, a littl
girl. that he would shoot her if sh
did not go home, at the same tim
pointing the gun at her. The littl
girl was too much scared to run an,
THE little scapegrace blazed away
shooting her in the face, d~isfgurin
her for life if not worse. The gun wa
loaded with sand.
Governor Church had a long inter
view with the President in Washing
, ton. He did not disclose its import
but In answer to numerous persisten
inquiries is reported to have said
""There are to be some importan
changes made in Dakota Offices befor
Hong. There are some very good rea
sons why ! can not indicate who ma,
be appointed. The land Office an,
presidential post-ofices would natur
ally remain undisturbed until tn
end OF the terms of the iucumbents
but some reasons exist why removal
I might be made. In the matter o
Judge Francis and his FIGHT, / hav
only to say that / was communicates
with about six weeks ago, blu
my reply was confidential AMI mus
remain so. 1t is not my mission a
an official to tear down other officials
nor shall say anything against them
and / will not"
At GAINESVILLE, in Yankton county
! Charles Rudolph shot Herbert Goe
fort in a difficulty over a horse. Goo
tort is shot in the head and will prob
ably die. Rudolph, who did the shoot
! ing, brought the wounded man I,
fankton. Rudolph is at YanktoI
but no proceedings have been con
menced against him. He claims tina
the shooting was accidental.
The Milwaukee railway agent a
Faulkton, w. l.. Nc Cracker, departe,
a few weeks ago under very stranp,
circumstances. His wife and friend
are very anxious as to his whers
abouts.
They Took Him at His Word
Mo1an II II CirIz